Two-layer rotating exchange flow between two deep basins: Theory and application to the Strait of Gibraltar

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1568-1592

  Timmermans, M L E ^a   Pratt, L J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW OF WATER; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SPACE SHUTTLES;

BERNOULLI FUNCTION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; DEEP UPSTREAM BASIN; ROTATING EXCHANGE FLOW; ROTATING HYDRAULIC MODELS; SPACE SHUTTLE PHOTOGRAPH;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEAN BASIN; ROTATING FLOW; STRAIT; WATER MASS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; WORLD;

EID: 27144449923     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2775.1     Document Type: Article

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